Thread: N900 not coming to United States anytime soon
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livefreeordie is offline livefreeordie
2009-08-29 , 09:35
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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
??? Why shouldn't one be able to lock it down? They chose Android's licence very carefully so vendors and carriers would be able to lock it down completely. Contrary to what marketing tries to make you believe, Android is not an open system. The SDK is open source, but what's on your phone needn't be and usually isn't.
Absolutely true. This message needs to be spread more imho, because otherwise the American FOSS crowd may end up supporting the wrong platform just because it's Google.

Another "analyst" prediction I've read since the launch is that the N900 is a step in the right direction, but the choice to use Symbian on cheaper devices is questionable, because it would also need a UI overhaul. The coming UI overhaul is, of course, public knowledge.